Today I Learned… #2

[Prince fan 1999]

A group of Pugs are called a grumble

 

[troglodyte]

A bloat of hippos and a prickle of porcupines

 

[AliceInWanderLost]

a crash of rhinos, a kalidescope of burterflies, a mischief of mice, a dazzle of zebra & a flamboyance of flamingos!

 

[Captainmouse]

did you know that baby echidnas are called puggles?

No, but I did know that baby puffins are called pufflings

 

[Melian]

7up got it's name because it was made with seven ingredients, including lithium which was eventually dropped

 

[Captainmouse]

That a leopards spots are called rosettes

 

[Sketchy]

... that the UK is the only nation that doesn't need to have the name of its country printed on postage stamps, as the postage stamp was invented in the UK by Sir Rowland Hill in 1840.

Thanks to The General Knowledge Section from repeats of the 1980s darts game show Bullseye.

 

[EllenDeGenerate]

That I've lost 4 pounds since starting my diet 12 days ago

 

[Melian]

a crash of rhinos, a kalidescope of burterflies, a mischief of mice, a dazzle of zebra & a flamboyance of flamingos!

a group of giraffes is called a tower

 

[Meringue22]

If you get lily pollen on your clothes, in my case WHITE shorts, give the item a good shake outside and leave in the sun. It actually works! Gone! Magic 🪄

 

[Lalalalaaaaaa85]

If you get lily pollen on your clothes, in my case WHITE shorts, give the item a good shake outside and leave in the sun. It actually works! Gone! Magic 🪄

Same works for poo. Maybe not the shake part but the sun will bleach it out. And before anyone thinks I’m pooing myself it’s from when my child was a baby that I know this

 

[Meringue22]

Same works for poo. Maybe not the shake part but the sun will bleach it out. And before anyone thinks I’m pooing myself it’s from when my child was a baby that I know this

If only I’d known this when my 3 were babies. Bit late now they’re adults

 

[getthefrockout69]

Why ran bans are called ray bans

 

[Boredofgrey]

The sun will bleach out most stains from whites. Saved many a school shirt this way.

 

[JE172]

The sun will bleach out most stains from whites. Saved many a school shirt this way.

Do you wash them first or put them in the sun then wash?

 

[Boredofgrey]

Do you wash them first or put them in the sun then wash?

I wash first then peg out - stain facing the sun. I use fairy liquid on the stain pre wash. Wash. Peg out facing the sun and it works 99% time. (See how rock and roll my life is)

 

[Islawight]

All the chicken in my local McDonald’s is from Thailand.

 

[MitziAdele]

My local Sainsbury has a bread slicing machine for customers to use to slice their own bread.